Butter-mold.



J. N. JAGOBSEN.

BUTTER MOLD.

APPLIOATIDH Hum APR. 23 19081 Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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J. N. JACOBSEN.

BUTTER MOLD.

APPLICATION I'ILED APB. 23,1908. 903,982, Patented Nov. 17, 1908. B SHEETBBHBET Z.

INVENTOR,

ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES:

J. N. JAGOBSEN.

BUTTER MOLD.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.23,1908. 903,982. Patented Nov. 17,1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JENS N. .IACOBb'EN, OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA, ASSlG-NOlt TO INTERNATIONAL WRAPPING MACHINE COMPANY, OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

BUTTE R-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 23, 1908.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Serial No. 428,815.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JnNs N. JACOBSEN, a citizen of Germany, residing at Eureka, in the county of Humboldt and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Butter-Molds, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a butter mold of such construction as to permit the mold to be wheeled up to the churn and the butter molded directly therefrom; and in which a large quantity of butter can be stored in a comparatively small space, while at the same time there is ample air 1space around the butter to permit it to coo In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation, broken away in parts, of my improved butter mold; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof; Fig. 4 is an enlarged broken transverse vertical section through one of the devices for raising and lowering the molds.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a truck frame, comprising outer longitudinal or side beams 2, inner longitudinal beams 8, transverse spacing bars 4, transverse tie rods 5, connecting the side beams, and firmly clamping the spacing bars between the longitudinal beams, end beams 6 resting on rabbeted ends 7 of the side beams 2 and in recesses 8 in the ends of the inner longitudinal beams 3, vertical bolts 9 through the end beams and longitudinal beams, corner posts 10 resting upon the ends of the end beams, upper longitudinal beams 11, secured to the tops of said posts, transverse bars 12 secured by bolts 13 to the under sides of the ends of said beams 11, racks 14 secured to the inner sides of said beams 11, and guide bars 15 secured to the inner sides of said racks.

Supported in each end beam 6, near each end thereof, is a shaft bearing 16, into the lower end of which is screwed a screw 17, upon the top of which screw is supported a wearing disk 18, convex on both sides, upon which disk can rest, in said bearing 16, the lower end of a screw 19. To said lower end of the screw 19, above the step bearing formed by the disk 18 and bearing 16, there is secured a bevel gear 20, which gear meshes with two bevel gears. On the one side, namely, in the direction towards the near outer side of the truck, it meshes with a bevel gear 21 upon ashort transverse operating shaft 22 rotatable in a bearing 23 let into the corresponding corner post 10, ex tending to the outside of said posts, said shaft 22 being there adapted to support a crank handle 24 by which it can be turned. On its other, or inner, side, said lower bevel gear 20 meshes with a bevel gear 25, the four gears 25, at the two sides of the truck, being secured, in pairs, to transverse shafts 26 rotating in bearings 27 on the tops of the inner longitudinal beams 3. The two transverse shafts 26, at the front and rear ends of the apparatus, are connected to rotate in unison by means of a sprocket chain 28 carried by sprocket wheels 29 on said shaft 26. It will readily be seen that by means of this construction, a rotary motion imparted to any one of the four short shafts 22, by a crank handle 24 on its end, will rotate all of said screws 19 in unison. All of said screws 19 screw through internally threaded sleeves 30, havingflanges 31 by which they support transverse beams 32 of a mold frame, so that, by the rotation of said screws 19, said transverse beams 32 at the front and rear ends of the machine are raised or lowered in unison, or in a parallel movement, being maintained level in each vertical movement. Upon said transverse beams 32 rest longitudinal beams 34, maintained in place by means of dowel pins 35 entering sockets in said transverse beams 32. Upon said longitudinal beams 34 are supported a vertical series of butter molds 33, of which there are here shown three, although the number may be varied according to requirements.

All the butter molds are identical in construction, and each one rests in a uniform manner upon the one below it, and in the same manner in which the lowest butter mold rests upon the lon itudinal beams 34:,

general, of the cluiracter counnon in the art, that is, it comprises, in addition to the slats 88, the sides 36, which have dowel pins 35 extending into the slats 38, and the usual end pieces. The lower molds, however, differ from the topmost mold in having, in the tops of their sides, half-round grooves to receive the round cold rolled steel. bars 87, these bars being each used to support the mold in'nnediately above by mains of the brass sockets 39 depending from the slats of said latter mold. These slats 38, and the sockets secured thereto thus engaging said bars 37, serve to hold together the tops of the sides of the mold below it. The sides of the topmost mold are held together by the usual tie-bars -12 hooked at the end to en ga c said sides.

11 operation, the truck is moved up to the churn, thefirst or lowest mold set up upon the truck, the butter molded therein from the churn, and the lowest mold then lowered by means of a crank handle 24. The second mold is then put together on the top of the first mold, and the butter is molded therein in the same manner as before and said second mold is then also lowered. The third mold is then assembled and the butter molded therein and the tie-bars placed across the top. The molds are then in use. It will be observed that by means of this construction there is an ample air space between the molds to allow the butter to cool. The truck can then be attached either to a cutting machine or to a wrappin machine, and it is evident that the height of any mold can be accurately adjusted to any desired level to cooperate with such a machine. The butter can then be unloaded one mold at a time, beginning with the uppermost mold. As each upper mold is emptied of the butter, it is removed, and the next lower mold is raised into position by means of the crank handles 24. This construction effects a great saving of the s ace required for storing the butter in mo ds, as thereby three molds of butter can be stored on substantially the same floor space as was formerly required for one mold.

I claim 1. The combination of a mold support, a vertical series of molds on said support means for raising said support and series, each upper mold being movable longitudinally relatively to the one below it and the lowermost mold being movable longitudinally relatively to the support.

2. In combination with a suitable carriage, a. butter mold, and means at each side of the carriage, each of which is operatively connected to said butter mold to raise or lower the same relatively to said carriage, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a suitable carriage, a butter mold, means located at the front and at the 1' 2111' end of the carriage for raisiug and lowering said mold relatively to said carriage, and mechanism for operating said means in unison, substantially as described.

l. in combination with a suitable carriage, a rectangular butter mold over said carriage, and devices located adjacent to the four corners of the mold, for operating all four corners in unison, to raise or lower said mold, substantially as described.

5. In combination with a. suitable carriage, transverse shafts upon said carriage, means for connecting said transverse shafts whereby they rotate in unison, bevel gears thereon, vertical screws adjacent to the ends of said transverse shafts, bevel gears thereon meshing with the former bevel gears operating shafts, bevel gears thereon meshing with the bevel gears on the screws, a mold frame, threaded sleeves in said mold frame engaging said screws, and molds carried by said mold frame, substantially as described.

(3. In combination with a suitable carriage, transverse shafts upon said carriage, means for connecting said transverse shafts whereby they rotate in unison, bevel gears thereon, vertical screws adjacent to the ends of said transverse shafts, bevel gears thereon meshing with the former gears, a step bearing for each screw, means for varying the height of each step bearing, operating shafts, bevel gears thereon meshing with the bevel gears on the screws, a mold frame, threaded sleeves in said mold frame engaging said screws, and molds carried by said mold frame, substantially as described.

7. The combination of wheels, axles therefor, inner and outer lon itudinal beams supported by means of sald axles, and beams supported by said longitudinal beams, corner posts upon said end beams, means for connecting the tops of the corner posts, a mold frame, and means supported by said corner posts for raising and lowering said mold frame, substantially as described.

8. The combination of wheels, axles therefor, inner and outer longitudinal beams supported by means of said axles, and beams supported by said longitudinal beams, corner posts upon said end beams, means for connecting the tops of the corner posts, a mold frame, threaded sleeves secured to said mold frame, threaded shafts engaging said sleeves, step bearings for said shafts secured to said end beams, operating shafts operatively connected with said threaded shafts to turn the same and bearings for said operatin shafts supported by said corner posts, substantially as described.

9. The combination of wheels, axles therefor, inner and outer lon itudinal beams sup ported by means of said axles, and beams supported by said longitudinal beams, corner posts upon said end beams, means for connecting the tops of the corner posts, a

mold frame, threaded sleeves secured to said movable longitudinally upon the support,

mold frame, threaded shafts engaging said sleeves, step bearings for said shafts secured to said end beams, operating shafts operatively connected with said. threaded shafts to turn the same, and means for operatively connecting said threaded shafts whereby they rotate in unison, substantially as de scribed.

10. The combination of slats composing the bottom of a mold, socket pieces secured to said slats, supports for said mold, and bars round at the top and resting upon said supports, said bars being movably engaged by said socket pieces, substantially as described.

11. The combination of a mold support, means for raising and lowering said supportin a parallel movement, and a vertical series of molds upon said support, each upper mold being movable longitudinally upon the one below 1t, and the lowermost mold being,

substantially as described.

12. The combination of a mold support, means for raising and lowering said support in a parallel movement, and a vertical series of molds upon said support, each lower mold and the support having parallel longitudinal bars rounded at the top, the bottom of each mold being formed of. slats, each slat having socket pieces at its ends, said socket pieces being coneai'ed on their under sides, and slidably supported upon the corresponding bar, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JENS N. JACOBSEN.

\Vitnesses E. D. VORRATI-I, \V. L. Lonnmn. 

